A cul-de-sac is a
dead end street
A dead end, also known as a ''cul-de-sac'' (; , ), a no-through road or a no-exit road, is a street with only one combined inlet and outlet.
Dead ends are added to roads in urban planning designs to limit traffic in residential areas. Some d ...
with only one and the same inlet and outlet.
Cul-de-sac or cul de sac or culdesac may also refer to:
Places
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Culdesac, Idaho, a small city in the United States
*Cul de Sac, a town on the Dutch Caribbean island of
Sint Maarten
Sint Maarten () is a Countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands located in the Caribbean region of North America. With a population of 58,477 as of June 2023 on an area of , it encompasses ...
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Culdesac Tempe, a planned community in Tempe, Arizona
Arts, entertainment, and media
Films
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''Cul-de-sac'' (1966 film), a British film directed by Roman Polanski
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''Cul-de-sac'' (2004 film), a Hong Kong television film starring
Steven Ma
Steven Ma Chun-Wai (born 26 October 1971) is a Hong Kong actor and singer. In 1993, Ma won a record deal after winning first place at an annual singing contest in Hong Kong, later releasing his debut album, ''Lucky for Meeting You'' (幸運 ...
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''Cul-de-sac'' (2010 film), a British film directed by Ramin Goudarzinejad and Mahshad Torkan
*''Cul-de-sac'', a 2016 short film directed by
Damon Russell
Literature
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''Cul de Sac'' (comic strip), by Richard Thompson
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''Cul-de-sac'' (play), a play by John Cariani
*''Cul-de-Sac'',
Yves Thériault
Yves Thériault OC (November 27, 1915 – October 20, 1983) was a Canadian author.
He was born in Quebec City to Alcide and Aurore (Nadeau) Thériault. On April 21, 1942, he married Germaine Blanchet, with whom he had two children, Marie-José ...
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The Cul-de-Sac Kids, a series of children's books
Music
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Cul de Sac (band), a rock band from Boston, Massachusetts
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''Cul de Sac'' (song), a 1974 song by Van Morrison
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''Cul-De-Sac'' (album), a 2003 album by V Shape Mind
*"Cul-de-sac", a 1980 song by Genesis from the album ''
Duke
Duke is a male title either of a monarch ruling over a duchy, or of a member of Royal family, royalty, or nobility. As rulers, dukes are ranked below emperors, kings, grand princes, grand dukes, and above sovereign princes. As royalty or nobi ...
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*"Cul-de-sac", a 2024 song by Glass Beach from the album ''
Plastic Death''
*"Cul de sac", a 2001 song by Tomahawk from the album ''
Tomahawk
A tomahawk is a type of single-handed axe used by the many Native Americans in the United States, Indian peoples and nations of North America, traditionally resembles a hatchet with a straight shaft.
Etymology
The name comes from Powhatan langu ...
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* "Cul-de-Sac", a song by The Wonder Years from the album ''
The Greatest Generation''
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''Culdesac'' (mixtape), a 2010 mixtape by Childish Gambino
See also
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Dead end (disambiguation)
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Recto-uterine pouch
The rectouterine pouch (rectovaginal pouch, pouch of Douglas or cul-de-sac) is the extension of the peritoneum into the space between the posterior wall of the uterus and the rectum in the human female.
Structure
In women, the rectouterine pouch ...
, an anatomical location between the rectum and uterus, sometimes traditionally called the "cul-de-sac"
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